【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] The United States on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution, backed by Islamic and nonaligned nations, demanding that Israel back off its threat to deport the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Eleven Council members voted in favor of the measure, while Britain, Germany and Bulgaria abstained. [分析] 逻辑关系的识别和判断。 关于联合国的这项议案，原文“Eleven Council members voted in favor of the measure, while Britain, Germany and Bulgaria abstained．”句中信号词while表明了其前后内容的对比，该词前面的内容是赞成(in favor of)，但后面的三个国家都对该议案持否定态度。因此，题干的说法是错误的。 [解题关键] 根据信号词对原文语义关系作出正确判断，如原句中while表明了其前后内容的对比。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] Toyota Motor, having topped Daimler-Chrysler's American unit in sales for the first time last month, may be poised to dethrone Ford Motor as the world's second-biggest automaker within two years. It has gained market share since the 1970s, in part by improving the quality of the vehicles it makes. That is reflected in higher customer satisfaction ratings and fewer defects. [分析] 因果关系的判断。 原文中谈到Toyota Motor公司有可能在两年内位居世界汽车生产第二大厂家时，认为该公司自从20世纪70年代以来市场份额逐渐扩大的部分原因是“improving the quality of the vehicles it makes”，即“提高其所生产汽车的质量”，该因果关系通过信号词“by”表明，而题干混淆并歪曲了这一因果关系，因此其说法是错误的。 [解题关键] 根据信号词对原文语义关系作出正确判断，如原句中by表明了其前后内容的因果关系。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] In Jerusalem, where responding to terror attacks has become a grim medical specialty, Dr. David Applebaum was known as the "first man on the scene". He spent years dashing to the bomb sites to treat the wounded, and was an innovator in emergency medical services that are called into action all too often in the city. [分析] 语义推理判断。 通过原文“emergency medical services that are called into action all too often in the city”及“In Jerusalem, where responding to terror attacks has become a grim medical specialty”可推断急救服务在Jerusalem频频需要的原因是该城不断遭受恐怖袭击。由此可知，题干的说法是正确的。 [解题关键] 在没有明显信号词提示的情况下，迅速对上下文语义逻辑关系作出判断。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] The Chinese currency, the yuan, is not a free-floating currency like the Japanese yen but is pegged to the US dollar. Its value is therefore essentially unchanged. Beijing is not expected to change this system in the near term, in part because officials there fear that a move now towards free-floating currency could destabilize the country's economy and financial system. [分析] 因果关系的判断。 根据原文第一句“The Chinese currency, the yuan, is not a free-floating currency like the Japanese yen but is pegged to the US dollar．”可知中国货币不是自由浮动的，随美元浮动，而日元是自由浮动的，因此可以推测该货币不随美元浮动，这与题干中说日元随美元浮动不符；而且原文最后一句说到“…officials there fear that a move now towards flee-floating currency could destabilize the country's economy and financial system．”即“中国官员担心调整人民币使之逐渐成为自由浮动货币的举动会使中国的经济和财政体系动荡”，由此可见，可能使中国经济和财政体系动荡的原因是举动(move)，而不是自由浮动的货币制度(free-floating currency)。题干中说日元作为自由浮动货币会引起该国经济和财政体系的动荡，误解歪曲了原文的因果关系，因此其说法是错误的。 [解题关键] 正确识别句子成分是解此题的关键。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] Ben Glisan Jr., a former treasurer of Enron, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he committed securities and wire fraud, making him the highest-ranking former Enron executive to admit wrongdoing in the accounting scandal that drove the energy company into bankruptcy. [分析] 特定信息的找寻和判断。原文中提到Ben Glisa的身份时使用的是“former Enron executive”即“Enron公司前任执行总裁”而非题干中所言的现任总裁，由此可见，题干的说法与原文不符，因此是错误的。 [解题关键] 主要信息的修饰成分，如定语等经常成为考查目标，因此要对该句中的former多加留意。